National Pro-Life Women Leaders

The Susan B. Anthony List’s mission is at the heart of the pro-life movement and the political process. Advancing, mobilizing, and representing pro-life women directly contradicts the claim that abortion is a woman’s right and the premise that abortion somehow liberates women.

Women all across the country and the world are joining together to give a voice to women and unborn children. These talented and dedicated women provide each of us with inspiration and motivation to follow in their footsteps. The Susan B. Anthony List celebrates their pro-life, pro-woman work.

Ann Wagner represents Missouri's 2nd Congressional District. Since being elected in 2012, Congresswoman Wagner has been a tireless pro-life voice in the House of Representatives. Wagner is a longtime pro-life leader in Missouri and the first woman ever to serve as Chairwoman of the Missouri Republican Party.

Candice Miller was first elected to Congress in 2002 to serve Michigan’s 10th Congressional District. She serves on House Committee on Homeland Security and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Before becoming a Member of Congress, she held multiple public leadership positions including two terms as Michigan’s Secretary of State. Miller was the first woman ever to be elected to a partisan statewide office in her own right.

In 2012, McMorris Rodgers was elected Chair of the GOP Conference, making her the highest-ranking Republican woman in Congress. McMorris Rodgers was elected to the House in 2004 and had previously served as a State Representative in Washington where she was a champion for the unborn. She served five terms as a citizen legislator in Olympia, eventually being elected minority leader. Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers has continued her unending efforts to protect Life as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Cynthia Lummis took her seat in Congress as the Wyoming Representative At-Large in 2008. Prior to her service in Congress, Cynthia held various influential offices in the state. She was the youngest woman ever elected to the Wyoming State Legislature, where she served for 14 years. She went on to earn her law degree and clerk in the Wyoming Supreme Court. Lummis served eight years as the Wyoming State Treasurer prior to becoming a U.S. Representative.

Deb Fischer of Nebraska was elected to the United States Senate on November 6, 2012, becoming the second pro-life woman to currently serve. She is the lead co-sponsor of a bill that will restore conscience rights in health care and protect religious liberty.

Since coming to Washington, D.C., Congressman Black has joined the House Pro-life Caucus and the Pro-life Women’s Caucus, and has a 100% pro-life voting record with National Right to Life. Rep. Black co-wrote the enrollment correction language that would have defunded Planned Parenthood for the rest of the fiscal year during the 2011 budget battle.

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen was first elected in 1989 to represent Florida’s 18th District. Ileana has the distinction of being the first ever Hispanic citizen elected to Congress. She serves as the highest ranking Republican on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Representative Jackie Walorski was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to serve Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District on November 6th, 2012. Jackie Walorski was first elected to office as an Indiana State Representative in 2004, vowing to bring conservative, pro-life leadership to the Statehouse. In a short time, Jackie became a leader in the caucus, being appointed as Assistant Floor Leader. She served on the Family, Children, & Human Affairs and the Public Policy committees.

Jaime Herrera Beutler has a lifelong record of commitment to serving the interests of women and the unborn. As a Washington State Representative, Jaime Herrera maintained a 100% pro-life voting record. Herrera Beautler served as a senior legislative aide to another pro-life woman, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) and the two now serve side-by-side in the U.S. House of Representatives. During her time in Congress, Herrera Beutler has earned a 100% NRLC pro-life voting record, co-sponsored the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, and supported the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. At 34 years of age, Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler is the youngest Republican woman currently serving in the U.S. Congress and the first Hispanic to represent Washington State.

Kelly Ayotte was elected to the United States Senate on November 2, 2010 from the state of New Hampshire, filling the longstanding void of a pro-life woman’s voice in the Senate. Senator Ayotte was one of the first Senators to speak out in support of defunding Planned Parenthood in the 2011 budget battle and later voted to stop the flow of $300 million in taxpayer dollars to the nation’s number one abortion provider.